Subject to the provisions of rules prescribed by the Central Government and the guidelines issued by the National Biodiversity Authority on this subject,-
(1) Every local body shall constitute a Biodiversity Management Committee within its areas for the purposes specified in section 41 of the Act;
(2) The Biodiversity Management Committee as constituted under sub-rule (1) shall consist of a Chairperson and not more than six persons nominated by the local body, of whom, not less than one-third should be women and not less than 18% should belong to Scheduled Castes I Scheduled Tribes. The persons to be nominated should be the residents within the local limits of the local body and their name should be in the latest voters' list, published by the Election Commission of India;
(3) The Biodiversity Management Committee shall have a tenure co-terminus with the tenure of the local body.
However, the Biodiversity Management Committee will continue to operate, until a new Committee is constituted;
(4) The Chairperson of the local body shall be the ex-officio member of the Biodiversity Management Committee.
The Chairperson of the Biodiversity Management Committee shall be elected from amongst the members of the said Committee in a meeting to be chaired by the Chairperson of the local body. The Chairperson of the local body shall have the casting vote in case of a tie. In case of absence or vacancy of the Chairperson of the local body, the authority who delivers the functions of such Chairperson, shall act as the Chairperson of the Biodiversity Management Committee for such action;
(5) The Chairperson of the Biodiversity Management Committee shall have a tenure of three years;
(6) The local body may nominate six special invitees from the Government Departments, such as, Forest, Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry, Rural Development, Education etc.;
(7) The Member of the Legislative Assembly and Member of Parliament of the area would be special invitees to the meetings of the Biodiversity Management Committee;
(8) The Biodiversity Management Committee shall meet at least four times in a year and meet at least once in 3 months. The meeting shall be chaired by the Chairperson of the Biodiversity Management Committee and in his absence by a Presiding Officer to be elected by the members present from among themselves. The quorum at every meeting shall be three including the Chairperson and excluding official members. Minutes or proceedings of the Biodiversity Management Committee meeting will be drawn and submitted to the Nodal Officer concerned;
(9) The Government, on the recommendation of the Board shall designate an officer as the Secretary of the Biodiversity Management Committee;
(10) The Government, on the recommendation of the Board may designate nodal officer for each District to oversee the various matters of the Biodiversity Management Committees (BMC) within the district;
(11) The Biodiversity Management Committee shall function from the office premises provided by the local body.